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Mutual UFO Network
Also known as: MUFON
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Unidentified flying object - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 5 facts
claimLimited institutional or scientific study of UFOs led to the formation of independent researchers and organizations such as APRO, NICAP, CUFOS, and MUFON starting from the mid-20th century.
claimThe Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) is a U.S.-based non-profit volunteer organization formed on May 31, 1969, to study UFO sightings, and it later provided field investigators to support the Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS).
claimThe Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) is an organization involved in the study of unidentified flying objects.
referenceThe Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) is a grassroots organization that studies UFO phenomena and produces investigator handbooks containing detailed documentation procedures for alleged UFO sightings.
claimThe Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) volunteered field investigators to support the work of J. Allen Hynek and the Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS).
Disclosure or deception? New UFO Pentagon office divides believers nbcnews.com Jan 8, 2022 4 facts
claimThe Mutual UFO Network describes itself as the oldest and largest UFO organization in the world.
quoteRon James, a spokesperson for the Mutual UFO Network, stated: 'We don't see that this means new resources will be dedicated to the matter. We believe that considerable resources have always been dedicated to the matter at some level inside deep government and industry.'
perspectiveRon James, a spokesperson for the Mutual UFO Network, expressed skepticism that the new office would bring new resources, arguing that considerable resources have always been dedicated to the matter inside deep government and industry.
quoteRon James, a spokesperson for the Mutual UFO Network, stated: 'This is a subject with a provable history of secrecy, and anything that lacks a new openness about the information is subject to more, possibly inappropriate control.'
Aliens in America - The New York Times nytimes.com 1 fact
claimUFO research groups such as the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO), and the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) utilized scientific and juridical languages to persuade scientists to study UFOs and to induce the government to release relevant information.